SQL Server 2008 Replication: High Availability Solution Part One – by Abi Chapagai
Introduction
Replication is the process of copying data between two databases on the same server or different servers on the same...
2010-07-28
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The Right Level of “Right”
…or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
I had a SQL dev’s dream come to me via...
2010-07-28
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2010 3rd Quarter Goals
Now that we are into the third quarter of 2010 I decided to post an update of my 2nd quarter...
2010-07-28
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Webcast Today – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASSDatabase Administration Virtual Chapter today at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be...
2010-07-28
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PASS 2010 Summit on LinkedIn Event Calendar – Have You RSVP’d?
Happened to notice in my weekly LinkedIn update today that Todd McDermid had signed up for the 2010 Summit event...
2010-07-28
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MDX Puzzle #4
This puzzle is rather simple, but it does introduce a few new things. Using T-SQL you typically filter queries with...
2010-07-28
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SQL University – Disk Capacity Planning
This week at SQL University we are talking about capacity planning. I am the guest lecturer for this topic, and...
2010-07-28
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Interviewed by Andy Leonard
Andy Leonard is posting interviews of all the candidates PASS Board of Directors on his blog and mine is up...
2010-07-28
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Interviewing for the PASS Board of Directors
My nomination application made it through the committee. I got an email yesterday telling me that I needed to schedule...
2010-07-28
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PASS Update #38 (SQLSaturday Wiki)
For the past couple years we’ve had a few different documents that covered how to run a SQLSaturday, but as...
2010-07-28
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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